Hanging
Hanging , adjective
1.
Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
What a hanging face!
2.
Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
3.
Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
Collocations (8)
Hanging compass , a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath.
Hanging garden , a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.
Hanging indentation , See under Indentation.
Hanging rail (Architecture) , that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached.
Hanging side (Mining) , the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.
Hanging sleeves , (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves.
Hanging stile (Architecture) , (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.
Hanging wall (Mining) , the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
Hanging , noun
1.
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
2.
Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
3.
That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls.